Saturday, 9 September 2017

As the exams are approaching, students are rigorously
searching for the best study material from which they can learn easily and can
trust the content.

At this stage students often do the mistake of opting for
refreshers and other books over NCERT books. These books are made
in a way that students get tempted easily towards them. There are many famous
names in the market on which students trust blindly. Sometimes even teachers
recommend these books so that they are saved from the labour of explaining as
there are already deep explanations present in a refresher. There is a
misconception about the NCERT books that they have insufficient matter, which
is totally false. They actually have relevant matter. All just it needs is
student’s proper attention and dedication.

Why Students Choose Refreshers?

These books are made for doing business rather than
imparting knowledge. No doubt they explain everything well and in detail but
sometimes they do focus on irrelevant topics or on petty things, which normally
one should ignore but students waste their precious time on that topic which is
not even necessary. These books should be studied but not as a primary source
but as a secondary source because as a primary source they can consume a lot of
time of students but if used as a secondary source they can be beneficial to
the students.

Why NCERT is Important?

As compared to refreshers, these books are more simplified,
understandable and written in a lucid language which covers useful and
necessary topics. NCERT should be read in the first place to get an idea of
important and relevant topic which should be focused on. These are the pillars
of every other book. If compared to refreshers, one realizes that refreshers
are just an exaggeration of NCERT topics and nothing else. NCERT gives the
necessary information on the particular topic instead of explaining in detail
whether necessary or not.

How Should NCERT be Read ?

If you go through NCERT, it is worth. There should be a
proper manner to how to study from these books. NCERT is the basis of the
entire syllabus. Take out a topic and read that thoroughly at least 2 times. Note
down the important terms, define them and then take a refresher, search those
topic & terms from it and read the full explanation to make notes of the
important topics.

NCERT books are not only important at the school level, but
also for competitive exams like UPSC, SSC, PSC, Banking etc. If read properly,
it is a great source of knowledge of every topic on any subject. If students
want to achieve good marks in their exams they should never ignore NCERT books.
Still, there are some students who fully ignore because they gain nothing out
of them. Instead of ignoring, a student should understand what they are not
getting and try to find the solution of the problem rather than avoiding the
problem.